Windows 10: My Desktop is my D drive. Please help!

This happened a year ago or something, but I wanted to move my Documents from my C drive to my D drive. Somewhere in doing so my Desktop became my whole D drive. Like if I were to delete something off my desktop it would delete off my D drive. I hope that makes sense.I've been reading and looking around for help with the problem I have. I don't really understand it or when trying to follow along with the instructions, something is different then my computer. Also the ones I've been reading are at least two to five years old. Some people say to open the Registry Editor or do a System Restore. I

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D drive

Hi,

Based on the details you have provided us, it appears that there might be some corrupted contents on the said partition. We can also consider that this is caused by a virus.

For us to check if a certain virus is hiding your files, kindly follow the steps below:

• Type Command prompt in the search bar.
• Type-in the following command:
  
  attrib -h -r -s /s /d D:\*.*
• Press Enter to execute the command.

If you think that there is nothing important stored in it, then we suggest that you reformat your D drive so that you can use the free space for important files.

You can follow the steps below to start with the process:

• Click on the File Explorer.
• Select This PC.
• Right-click on your D drive, then click on Format.
• Follow the on-screen process to finish formatting the partition.

Let us know how it goes so that we can further assist you.

 

Not enough space on Recovery (D drive.

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Please help me with the following:

1. What is the make and model number of your Computer?
   

Please note that recovery "D" is a partition on the hard drive which contains the image of the Operating system. You can use it to restore the computer back to factory settings. You should not attempt to store files in it.
If you have any data saved on the D drive, I would suggest you to move it to an external drive and to free up some space, you can follow the steps provided in the article:
Free up drive space in Windows 10.



If you are using a HP computer, then you can refer to this article:
HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - What is the Recovery (D Hard Drive?



Hope this helps.

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help drive D

Hi Zahotti,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We understand your concern. I will be glad to assist you.

--Have you tried updating the drivers for the DVD driver?

I would suggest you to follow these methods and check if it helps.

Method 1:

Run the hardware troubleshooter. Follow these steps:

• Press the ‘Windows + Q’ key on the keyboard.
• Type troubleshooting in the search box and choose Troubleshooting.
• Click Hardware and Sound and run the Hardware and device troubleshooter.

Method 2:

If that does not help, I would suggest you to update the DVD drive from manufacturer's website.

Link: Download Toshiba CD / DVD Drivers for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

Thank you